The football program is the only reason UM didnt end up another random school like Georgia Southern
She ruined the best football program in the country. Her legacy should start with WOAT and end with DIAF.
You have no idea what you are talking about. She raised a lot of money and the stature of the reputation of the school (she is the president of a university).
She screwed the pooch with her choice and blind allegiance to the Med School dean, who has made major mistakes much more damaging than a few bad coaches. The teaching capacity has been diluted by the shift away from Jackson, as has their clinical research. If you are losing money on the clinical side (or scraping by) and tanking your research, the med school loses prestige and the Med school is the main engine of the U.
I think she has tried to be supportive of the athletic programs and overall has made major improvement in the facilities. The OB was completely out of her hands because the city refused to partner with her. UM could not float that on its own.
No Life sucks and I hope the new president finds a way to build a smaller, closer stadium but that is another issue.
I've lived here since the 60's and she is easily the best president we've had, though the Cedars purchase may be the undoing of the medical school. The prestige and $$ are directly tied to that school, so that is a more legitimate complaint about her legacy as a university president.
This view may get a lot of negs on a football board, but her reputation is very solid in the rest of the world.